{"id":10810,"date":"2024-05-15T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T05:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=10810"},"modified":"2024-05-16T12:28:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T02:28:05","slug":"music-in-the-senior-years-4","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/music-in-the-senior-years-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Music in the Senior Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2024\/05\/Dont-forget-your-card.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2024\/05\/Dont-forget-your-card-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2024\/05\/Dont-forget-your-card-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2024\/05\/Dont-forget-your-card-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2024\/05\/Dont-forget-your-card-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2024\/05\/Dont-forget-your-card-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2024\/05\/Dont-forget-your-card-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2024\/05\/Dont-forget-your-card.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music in the Senior School (Curricular)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As we begin the second term of the academic year, students on the secondary campus are embarking on a journey of musical exploration and creation. Through this process, students are developing compositional skills across various styles, fostering creativity and innovation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curricular Music in Years 7 and 8&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Years 7 and 8, students have been actively applying their understanding of Blues and orchestral music in practical music-making activities. They are currently learning to compose music with the aid of digital notation programs including Flat.io and Musescore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elective Music in Years 9 and 10&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving into Years 9 and 10, elective music classes are honing their compositional craft with a focus on motivic and thematic development. This exploration of composition techniques challenges students to think critically and expressively in their musical creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HSC Music in Years 11 and 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In our senior HSC music classes, Year 11 students are deepening their understanding of music in the 18th century through collaborative discussion and analysis of works composed by Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries. Meanwhile, Year 12 students are taking a deep dive to hone their theory and harmonic understanding in support of composition, aural and musicology skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IB Music in Years 11 and 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In our senior IB music classes, students are working through their Experimenting with Music portfolios, with Year 11 delving into the fundamentals of musical experimentation and transformation, while Year 12 students are diligently working towards their final portfolio submissions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Jameson Choe &amp; Veronica Tsang<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><br><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Acting Heads of Curricular Music 5-12<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/director-of-music-9\/\">Message from the Director of Music<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music in the Senior School (Curricular) As we begin the second term of the academic year, students on the secondary campus are embarking on a journey of musical exploration and creation. Through this process, students are developing compositional skills across various styles, fostering creativity and innovation.&nbsp; Curricular Music in Years 7 and 8&nbsp; In Years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[4],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10810","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-secondary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/10810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=10810"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=10810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}